Warner Brothers eyeing Dicaprio for Rasputin biopic, but why?

In the late nineties, when there was talk about a Rasputin film all over Hollywood, my pick for an actor who could play the role wouldn’t have been Leonardo Dicaprio, but in his defense, he was in his mid twenties then. Nothing against Leo, cause I think he can pull off mysterious, but what aboutContinue reading “Warner Brothers eyeing Dicaprio for Rasputin biopic, but why?”

And the nominees for the 2013 Golden Globes are….

It always amazes me when movies that have yet to be released are nominated for Golden Globes. Case and point Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained. This would normally piss me off, but Quentin Tarantino‘s: Django Unchained  is up for Best picture, Best Director and twice in the Best Supporting Actor categories and I couldn’tContinue reading “And the nominees for the 2013 Golden Globes are….”

Daniel Day-Lewis disappears into role as Lincoln

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.” —Abraham Lincoln, in a letter dated April 4, 1864 Set in the final months of Lincoln’s first term, the Civil War, and Lincoln’s life, the film Lincoln is everything you’ve come to expect from a Spielberg project – top shelf actors giving career-capping performances, historically detailed costumesContinue reading “Daniel Day-Lewis disappears into role as Lincoln”

Full trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln starring Daniel Day Lewis arrives

God I’ve been waiting for this trailer for too long and now it’s here, the trailer for Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field,  Tommy Lee Jones. The trailer contains the usual whistles and bells common to American period pieces like this, so don’t expect too much, but what I’m hopingContinue reading “Full trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln starring Daniel Day Lewis arrives”